International

08 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri KYIV/ TEHRAN: A Ukrainian airliner with 180 passengers and crew on board has crashed near Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport in Iranon Wednesday. According to the Iranian media, the Boeing 737-800 jet crashed near Parand, a suburb southwest of capital Tehran shortly after take-off. There …

08 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Massilia Aili – Al-Jazeera) MELBOURNE/ SYDNEY: With more than 7,000 men, women and children in migrant detention centers across Australia the country has earned notoriety for its tough border protection policies, which have been condemned for breaching international human rights. Behind the barricades are …

08 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BAGHDAD/ WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: It seems that the proper war between America and Iran has not only been started since last late night but in its first attack Iranian ballistic missiles have also destroyed at least two main US military bases in Iraq …

07 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN: Iran’s lawmakers unanimously voted for a motion to designate the US Army and the Pentagon as terrorist organizations in response to a recent move by Washington to assassinate Iran’s revered commander, Lt. General Qassem Soleimani. The generalities and details of the …

07 January, 2020 TEHRAN: Dozens of people have been killed in a stampede that erupted in the Iranian city of Kerman at the funeral procession for a top commander killed in an air strike by the United States, according to officials. “So far 40 people were killed and 213 others …

07 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN/ BAGHDAD/ NEW YORK/ MELBOURNE: Huge numbers of black-clad mourners have turned out to pay their final respects to Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani ahead of his burial. Soleimani was assassinated in a US drone strike in Iraq on Friday, on the …

07 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies RIYADH/ MELBOURNE/ ISLAMABAD: In relation to the recent escalation of tension between the United States and Iran, Foreign Minister (FM) Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Monday that Pakistan does not support any unilateral action and will not become a party to the …

07 January, 2020 WASHINGTON/ BAGHDAD: The United States has no plans to pull out militarily from Iraq, Defense Secretary Mark Esper told Pentagon reporters on Monday, following reports of a US military letter about preparations for a withdrawal. “There’s been no decision whatsoever to leave Iraq,” Esper said, when asked about …

06 January, 2020 By SJA Jafri + Agencies TEHRAN: Funeral processions to honour Qassem Soleimani, a top Iranian military commander who was assassinated last week in an air raid by the United States in Baghdad, are underway in Iran. Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force, was martyred along with Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the …

06 January, 2020 WASHINGTON/ BAGHDAD: President Trump has threatened severe sanctions against Iraq after its parliament called on US troops to leave the country. “We have a very extraordinarily expensive air base that’s there. It cost billions of dollars to build. We’re not leaving unless they pay us back for …